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May 19–21 u Equity by Design: Negotiating is Your Power Tool! Expo 170,000+ square feet of galleries, installations, materials, and exhibitors— aia.org/convention Earn LU credits conversing with ­ exhibitors with Expo Chat. Renewed & Reimagined Big ideas for small firms Meet up at the lounge Small firm essentials are in Philly, from Visit Small Firm Exchange (SFx) Lounge Date: May 25th, 2016 workshops and seminars to cocktails to network, relax, and get a demo of the Location: Reveal Studios and networking, schedule indispensable new AIA Kinetic App 2.0. 1426 Flower St., Glendale 91201 sessions tailored to your small firm needs. Events Cost: $25 for AIA members Workshops Start your convention right with this $30 for non-AIA members. Wednesday-only intensive half- or full- Wednesday night cocktail party. Or Time: 7:00 PM—Dinner, Presentation day workshops kick-off the convention. browse the 100+ events, happy hours, Speaker: Frank Escher of Escher Earn 3.75 LUs at Small Firm Essentials: alumni gatherings, parties, and our GuneWardena Architecture Avoiding Scope Creep and Maximizing signature event, The Party!, happening Credit: 1.5 CEUs Profitability or register for one of 30+ Wednesday through Saturday in Philly. RSVP: chapter office at (818) 907-7151 additional workshops. There’s more or [email protected] Pro Series Check out our Small Firm Curated Our Pro Series sessions feature business Collection for a list of seminars, his month’s dinner program leaders delivering strategies for building workshops, tours, and events hand- Twill explore the restoration and your business. Free with registration. picked by your peers. There are also renovation of ’s 1960’s Seminars collections for first-timers and on topics Chemosphere House by Escher A power hour of information, 160 including materials, health, resilience, GuneWardena Architecture. The seminars include: and more. The hardest part? Choosing. octagonal design of the Chemosphere u The Small Firm’s Essential Guide to Learn More and Register House has long been considered a Contract Documents https://convention.aia.org/ landmark and international icon of u Influencing Decision Making in Local smallfirmessentials?utm_source= Modernism, beloved by Communities: Tips for Small Firms Real%20Magnet&utm_medium= mid-century design enthusiasts. When u Disruptive Small Firm Practices: Email&utm_content=2417164107&utm_ confronted by the unbuildable lot Innovative Models or Expanding Services campaign=93398068 on Mulholland Drive, John Lautner overcame the obstacle by placing the hired Frank Escher, who had written GuneWardena Architecture set their 2,200 square foot home that sits on the first book on Lautner and oversees strategy for this project and executed it a 29’ tall by 5’ wide concrete column the Lautner Archives. When discussing to preserve and improve the intention hovering above with a 360 view. In the program with Mr. , Frank of John Lautner’s design. His partner, 1997, famous German publishers, Mr. was told what every architect fanaticizes GuneWardena, compares the process to and Mrs. , bought hearing – “do what you think is right”. “pruning a garden, to reveal the clarity of it in a terrible state of disrepair. They Frank will share with us how Escher the structure.” j

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4 AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 Baseline Mansionization and Baseline Hillside Ordinances Code Amendments Public Hearings The City of Department of City Planning, PLAY IT SAFE Code Studies Section Announces a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Make the legal landscape as understandable as the built environment with two new courses from AIAU. Brush up Citywide Proposed Zoning Code Amendment on business basics and learn how to protect your practice, CASE: CPC-2015-3484-CA property, and profits with the right contracts and copyrights. ENV-2015-4197-EAF Baseline Mansionization/Baseline Hillside (BMO/BHO) Copy-Catting: Intellectual Property Rights Code Amendment Earns 1 LU / HSW / RIBA Council District: All Refresh, re-frame, or refocus your knowledge of intellectual property law in relation to the architecture profession. This notice is to inform you of four public hearings for case number CPC-2015-3484-CA, a proposed Description: This course instructs architects and other design Zoning Code amendment to modify single family zone professionals about principles of intellectual property law as regulations that has been initiated by City Council Motion they relate to the creation, reproduction and use of original (Council File #14-0656). All interested persons are invited drawings, specifications and other documents. It is based on to attend any of the public hearings, at which you may the premise that every design professional should have a solid listen, speak, and submit written information relating to working knowledge of intellectual property law, particularly the proposed project. copyright law, as it affects their work products and their use of other people’s work products. The issues have to do with PLACE: Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center, compensation, professional credit and professional liability and Conference Rooms 1a & 1b, are very important to the business of architecture. 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, Los Angeles DATE: Monday, May 16, 2016 Learning objectives: TIME: 7:00–9:00 PM h Contrast the rights obtained when granted a patent with those incident to copyright. PROPOSED PROJECT: A proposed ordinance amending h Describe the difference between “technical drawings” and an the Los Angeles Municipal Code to establish new “architectural work.” regulations for all single-family zoned properties including h Articulate and describe the need for, and benefits of, registering the RA, RE, RS, and R1 Zones. a copyright with the US Copyright Office, including the five exclusive rights granted to the owner of a copyright. PURPOSE: The purpose of the hearing is to obtain h Relate how the AIA form documents use the copyright to testimony from affected and/or interested persons leverage the ability to obtain payment, restrict inappropriate regarding this project. The hearing will be conducted reuse of documents and manage professional liability risks. by a Hearing Officer who will consider oral testimony and any written communication received regarding this See more at: https://aiau.aia.org/courses/copy-catting- proposed Code amendment, as well as the merits of intellectual-property-principles-and-rights?utm_ the draft ordinance as it relates to existing land use campaign=AIA0214&utm_source=em&utm_medium=email regulations. After the hearing, a recommendation report will be prepared for consideration by the City Planning Get to Know AIA Contract Docs Commission at a later date. Earns 1 LU / RIBA Want to spend more time designing projects and less time Please submit comments to: Niall Huffman drafting contracts? Our new course familiarizes you with AIA’s [email protected], (213) 978- industry-standard Contract Documents. Discover the tools, 3405. In order to be considered in the report to the City contracts, and guides designed to protect your project, help Planning Commission, comments should be received by avoid costly litigation, and save you time and hassle. June 10, 2016. Comments received after June 10, 2016 should be addressed to the City Planning Commission for See more at: https://aiau.aia.org/courses/get-know- its consideration. aia-contract-documents-content-overview?utm_ campaign=AIA0214&utm_source=em&utm_medium=email For complete 34 pg. pdf see our Web site at aiasfv.org

AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 5 Architect Architect Required Applications: Kruger Bensen Ziemer (KBZ) Architects General Qualifications: • AutoCAD, REVIT, Microsoft office is seeking a licensed architect with KDW Salas O’Brien, a medium-sized (with emphasis on Excel and Word). 3+ years of experience to join our Architecture/Engineering firm in North • Submit a portfolio or work samples. team at either our Santa Barbara or Seattle has an opening for a full-time As a multi-disciplined firm of 35 Ventura location. KBZ primarily serves Architect in a leadership role to work in persons locally with partner offices educational and municipal clients our partner office in Burbank, CA. We in northern and southern California, through a wide variety of public works currently have a growing architectural there are opportunities for growth and projects since its establishment in 1960. staff of 17 architects, interior designers, mobility throughout the organization Candidate must have strong AutoCAD and interns. Our project types consist with competitive salary and benefits. Architecture and Revit skill sets; of commercial office interiors, retail Salary is commensurate with SketchUp and LEED AP are desirable. and café design and large commercial qualifications, ability and experience. Salary DOE. facilities for major national corporations About the Firm, KDW Salas O’Brien: If interested, please respond via throughout the United States. Our ideal Salas O’Brien is a leading engineering, e-mail with cover letter, resume, and candidate must have strong leadership architecture & construction management selected work samples (10mb max) to skills. firm. [email protected] Requirements: Our family of companies has over • 5+ years’ experience as a Licensed 250 professionals of which over 65 are Intern Architect registered engineers and Architects to Kruger Bensen Ziemer (KBZ) Architects • Accredited Architectural Degree or support new construction, renovations, is seeking an intern with a professional Equal expansions, and modernizations to degree and a desire to become a licensed • 5-10 years’ experience in an buildings as well as facility infrastructure architect. KBZ fully supports the Architecture firm including design, planning and design work. As a current Intern Development Program and the construction documents and member of the US Green Building development of recent graduates into construction administration. Council, a significant portion of Salas fully licensed architects. KBZ primarily • Knowledgeable and thoughtful with O’Brien’s staff is LEED Accredited. The serves educational and municipal clients a knack for problem solving and firm offers quality benefits and has an through a wide variety of public works willingness to be a part of the solution. energetic fast-paced atmosphere. Our projects since its establishment in • Strong skills and work experience in family of companies operates throughout 1960. Candidate must have AutoCAD AutoCAD and Revit a MUST. the United States. Architecture and Revit skill sets; • Excellent written and verbal To Apply SketchUp and LEED AP are desirable, as communications https://salasobrien.applytojob. is prior work experience. Compensation • Excellent organizational skills and an com/apply/zqTnKx/Architect. JOBSDOE. Please respond via e-mail with extremely high level of attention to html?source=AIA+SFV j cover letter, resume, and selected work detail; samples (10mb max) to jobs@kbzarch. • Quick learner able to handle a fast com paced environment and be self-motivated

6 AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 Norman R. Miller, AIA An award-winning architect who, together with his partners in the architectural practice A2Z, won several prestigious awards, including Architectural Record’s Record House Award, and the “40 Under 40” list of the New York Architectural League, Norman continued to actively practice throughout his academic career. In 1985, he founded Los Angeles-based Norman Millar Architects. Recent completed projects included the Ramirez residence at the storied Sea Ranch community in northern California, in partnership with Judith Sheine, Architecture Department Head at the University of Oregon, and his own home in Echo Park which he called the ‘Ark House’ and was featured in the . Prior to joining Woodbury, Norman taught at several Los Angeles institutions, including the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), the University of Southern California (USC), Art Center College of Design and the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the University of Washington and earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. He also earned a certificate from The Ross Minority Program in Real Estate at the Lusk Center for Real Estate in the Marshall School of Business at USC. His academic interests included critical practice, alternative practice, urban forestry and everyday urbanism and his publications included “Street Survival: Plight of the Los Angeles Street Vendors” in Everyday Urbanism, he Woodbury University community was deeply saddened edited by Margaret Crawford, John Chase, and John Kaliski, to learn that Norman R. Millar, AIA, Dean of the School of (Monacelli Press, New York, 2008). TArchitecture, passed away on April 14 due to complications Norman served as President of the Association of from surgery, following his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 2013-14, bringing Norman was 62. A warm, caring and passionate man, he will be distinction to Woodbury through his thoughtful initiatives and deeply missed - on our Los Angeles and San Diego campuses extraordinary leadership at the national level. Norman served and in the architecture community worldwide. on the Board of Directors for Places Journal and was active in Norman was one of the nation’s leading architectural a number of other professional organizations, including the educators. AIA|LA honored him with its Educator of the National Council of Architects Registration Board (NCARB) Year Award in 2014, and he absolutely loved what he did. Licensure Task Force and the executive committee of the His approach to teaching architecture was simultaneously California Architectural Foundation; he also participated in aspirational and practical - part of a lifelong attempt to help several National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) more people find their voice, and thereby find joy in the visiting teams. Locally, he served on the Design profession. “I exited architecture school with the intention of Review Advisory Board, the advisory board for the Los Angeles making good buildings, and discovered that teaching expanded Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and the board of my passion by fostering it in students,” he recalled a year or so AIA|LA. ago. Norman will forever be lovingly remembered by his life Throughout his career at the University, Norman’s talent partner Tam van Tran and beloved family and friends. and experience as a practitioner and vision as an educator Celebration of Life | May 27 at 6pm helped thousands of young people achieve success in the field. We invite you to join us in honoring Norman at a His leadership in the School of Architecture was informed by Celebration of Life event on the Woodbury Los Angeles his life-long commitment to social justice, sustainable practice, campus on Friday, May 27, at 6:00 pm. RSVP to galina.kraus@ and the power of architecture to improve lives. This vision woodbury.edu by May 16. changed and humanized the face of contemporary architecture In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Norman education in California.He headed the architecture program at R. Millar Endowment for the School of Architecture at Woodbury since 1999. During that period, enrollment nearly Woodbury University. A link to donate to the Norman R. Millar tripled in a program that provided undergraduate and graduate Endowment will be shared soon. j students important technical, theoretical, and communications skills while realizing their unique personal design voice. His many years of service to the university and the architecture community both at home and abroad are part of his rich and enduring legacy. AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 7 An Open Secret: Architects Design Two-Percent of American Homes—WHY?

hile just about every public building has an architect Image courtesy of the author. as its designer, the vast majority of homes in America are not designed by architects. Why? Architects so often pay an unlicensed investment counselor to manage far have managed to position themselves like fashion lower assets and risks? designers or celebrity chefs to the average housing The penetration of architects into the housing market is Wconsumer: we’re perceived as producing unaffordable esoteric undeniably tiny. Building Advisor estimates that percentage ­products. to be between 1% and 2%. While the vast majority of small Food, shelter and clothing are the three essential human architecture offices do residential work, the majority of accommodations. Mammals without fur need shelter and architects work in large firms, which do almost no residential clothing to maintain body temp—and every living thing needs work.​ sustenance. Most of us make most of our own meals, buy This disconnect between value and architects is a self- clothing off the rack, and live in places that are not designed created hardship, born of our education, culture and drift to a by anyone in particular, let alone specifically for us. Everyone fine arts focused profession. Most people have come lives in architecture, and yet relatively few of us even think that to believe that architects cannot relate to architects might be useful for our homes. their domestic issues because the anecdotes The analogies are many: Wal-Mart sells billions of of the always-leaking-roof, big cost overruns, garments while Haute Couture hand-makes each one for the and deafness towards the way a family few Size 0’s among us. Food can be mass-produced or it can actually wants to use a house, are based in be “artisanal,” where the preciousness of provenance makes large part on fact. sustenance a luxurious necessity. Sadly the missed opportunity Winning a Record House award from Architectural Record for architects to be of wide service and find expression in is the highest honor a home can receive in the architectural building is huge in its breadth and scope. profession (this is a self-serving statement, as I won one in That said, most Americans who own their home invest 1985, but still true). The 2011 Record House Issue’s editorial huge sums of money and risk even larger amounts of debt. Why responded to complaints that a burst housing bubble might don’t homeowners trust architects to minimize risk, when they signal a need for architects to rethink their “2% is enough”

8 AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 attitude. These “thought leaders” of our profession responded do design thousands of homes each year for appreciative to a collapse in confidence with this classic “archi-tude”: “The families: but millions more do not see the value in our services houses here are ones that set forth a vision—not ones that enough to make it a purchasing criteria. When the housing illustrate tried and tested design and construction methods that bubble made residential practice more viable those architects in have resolved yesterday’s challenges and refined last decade’s the AIA created a Knowledge Group: the Custom Residential ideas. They are not the archetypal house, which reassures us Architects Network (CRAN). Another group of us created a and reiterates what has long been a part of our lexicon.” In other bold Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA)—which words, the highest level of residential design should not use tried, in vain, to reform how we practiced and were trained and methods that make costs knowable, or reassure their occupants. licensed to get more value in what more architects do. CORA This is the voice of architects who design homes as offered to even merged worlds and presented a Position Paper at an AIA housing consumers, and why this attitude appeals to barely 2% National Convention just as the economy was tanking in 2009. of them. The publisher Hanley Wood risked a dedicated magazine: Architectural Record and virtually all other architect- Residential Architect, and a dedicated annual conference, centric media and competitions, save a small group of neo- Reinvention. Then, like so many residential dreams of so many traditionalists, all reflect contemporary architectural culture potential homeowners, these good things that surfed a bubble that values idiosyncrasy over utility. declared were wiped out when it burst (except for CRAN, which lives on). 98% of all buildings “shit.” To the vast majority of housing Despite these efforts, architects and homes are not a love consumers, the perceived work product of residential architects connection for the housing consumer. Architects and houses as seen in Record Houses would have the appeal of serving are more like a dangerous dating relationship, where the Styrofoam to the hungry or offering clothing made of rocks to commitments are not reciprocal. created the naked. Usonian Houses during the Depression because he wanted PR At the height of the housing bubble, the AIA noted in the absence of clients, and he knew that the vast majority of that 18% of architecture firms declared themselves to be homes in America pander to low expectations. Now, endless “residential,” and that number has greatly decreased during the shipping-container-to-home rehabs similarly provide hip lip post-burst years, hovering between 11% and 14%. At the height service to show 98% of homeowners that metal boxes can be of the housing boom—2005—63% of architecture firms did Home Sweet Home—or should be, if you have any ethics or “some” residential work, but not surprisingly the majority of taste. that work was for the 10% of houses that cost over $500,000. As Architects talking the talk of relevancy is a lot like Waters a result, the home design work that architects have participated telling hungry people they are wrong to want affordable food. in is for a small portion of the smallest part of the entire Unless we satisfy the hunger for better places to live with housing market. affordable, useful, relevant services, residential architects will On average about 500,000 new homes are now built each keep surfing the artisanal 2%. year in the United States, far more in number than any other The current political climate reflects a mass rejection type of building. According to AIA, of the 80,000 architects left of the status quo. Clearly, the traditional American housing practicing, perhaps 10,000 are basing their professional lives in marketplace of pandering aesthetics and profit betrayed the designing about 5,000 to 10,000 new houses per year. Of course trust of millions of families. Architects are, theoretically, there are a far greater number of renovations and additions catalysts of culture, but are seen by most people who want a being done on the 80,000,000 existing homes, but anecdotally home as the status quo of a tone-deaf elite. Can we offer an the percentage of that construction category that are designed alternative to fast food homes that inspire and reward risk by an architect is equally small, if not smaller. with value? Or will we continue to retreat to serve that elite, as This tiny market matches the ratio of we have since the bubble burst? It’s up to us, as the 98% have McDonald’s to restaurants like Alice Waters’ stopped listening when we talk only to ourselves. j Chez Panisse. It is an epic fail for a profession —Duo Dickinson, CommonEdge.org, 04.07.2016 desiring to be relevant and useful. It is a marketing triumph if the desire is to create value from exclusivity. Although almost everyone would like to have haute cuisine three meals a day, very few homeowners think that an architected home would respond to their tastes. Waters’ artisanal tomatoes would be in millions of homes if their owners could afford them, but architects have not proven to be desirable at any price because our profession predominantly offers up experimentation in homes as a way to move architecture “forward”—for other architects. In truth thousands of architects whose thoughtful and creative work does not sufficiently reject context, allusion or craft to be included in venues like Architectural Record Houses,

AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 9 Architects Launch “SpeakUp” Government scientists team Advocacy and Action Training with NYC architects The AIA opened registration for its first-ever “SpeakUp” advocacy and action event, which will to create 3-D printed, take place at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill on July off-the-grid home 13–15 in Washington, D.C. http://www.aia.org/ advocacy/AIAB107960#P88_7780 SpeakUp is open to any AIA members who believe they can make a difference in the world through engaging in the electoral and legislative process at the national state or local levels. SpeakUp’s attendees will receive training from top political and policy experts on how to push legislation, develop policy messages and raise money in workshops and interactive role-playing exercises. Some attendees also will head to Capitol Hill to meet with their elected representatives and advocate for the AIA’s policy agenda. “AIA members believe that advocating for the A rendering of the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy Structure profession is one of the Institute’s highest priorities,” (credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory) said AIA President Russ Davidson, FAIA. “SpeakUp will give architects the tools they need to be more arlier this year, the architects behind 1 World Trade active and engaged in the political and governmental Center met with researchers from a lab in Tennessee at processes, helping ensure they have a seat at the table the International Builders Conference. The researchers presented an unusual 3-D printed building that looks when big policy decisions are made.” 4.19.2016 something like a cross between an airstream and a fish. But Eit could be the future. The structure is called the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy Structure, or more simply, AMIE 1.0. It’s one of the largest carbon fiber structures ever created with a Lighting controls 3-D printer and shares energy with an 3-D printed SUV. In the future, this could make living off the grid far easier. and shading controls U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee’s College of Architecture and Design, and architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have collaborated on the project with the goal of exploring “larger urban applications around energy,” Phil Enquist, a partner at SOM, told Wired. “We were really intrigued with it because the whole idea of 3-D printing is that eventually you can design a building, and print it in a way that you have no waste,” Enquist added. “You can have 20 or 30 percent of material waste that all goes into a landfill,” at a typical construction project. And it’s also energy efficient. Oak Ridge scientists Johney Green and Roderick Jackson hoped to connect two of the biggest energy suck in our daily lives — houses and cars. So they designed the building and the car so that they can pass electricity back and forth. Mark Gasper “If the building needs to, it uses energy from the sun to meet its needs. If it doesn’t, or if we’re about to see clouds in the [email protected] next four hours, it can store it—in the battery, or in the vehicle,” 818.848.8283 Jackson said. j www.lutron.com [Wired]—Christopher Cameron, TheRealDeal.org—New York Real Estate News, 3.6.2016

10 AIA|SFV ELEVATIONS · May 2016 Architects Release First-Ever White Paper on Materials Transparency and Risk he AIA has announced the release of its first-ever white risks. There is always some Tpaper on materials transparency and risk, part of an AIA risk in advocating for effort to equip the entire profession with consensus-driven materials transparency and guidance on an issue of critical importance to the profession, its sharing composition information with suppliers and clients. our clients. This white paper explores those risks in “Whether in politics or in building design, transparency detail. is an increasingly necessary element of modern life,” said AIA h Manage potential risks with increased transparency. CEO Robert Ivy, FAIA. “And when it comes to materials—the Although the risks associated with materials transparency very substances of our built environment—it’s more important are new, architects are familiar with risk management. This than ever for architects to be able to communicate openly about white paper offers several strategies for effectively evaluating what they contain.” and mitigating risk. The white paper is the product of more than a year of effort h The AIA has tools and resources to help architects navigate by the AIA’s Materials Knowledge Working Group materials transparency risks and opportunities. Along (MKWG), pursuant to a position statement approved with this white paper and existing online resources, the by the AIA Board of Directors in December 2014. AIA will soon publish new model contract language In that statement, the AIA recognized that “building to specifically address materials transparency issues. materials impact the environment and human health In addition, the MKWG, made up of expert members, before, during and after their use,” and it encouraged practitioners and partner organizations, is continually architects “to promote transparency in materials’ developing education and practice tools to help contents and in their environmental and human health impacts.” architects optimize their approach to materials transparency. “Materials transparency & risk for architects: An The AIA has published guidance on how to address materials introduction to advancing professional ethics while managing transparency issues in its contract document B503-2007 Guide professional liability risks,” was created by materials specialists for Amendments to AIA Owner-Architect Agreements. http:// but is aimed at all architects. It provides a backdrop on the www.aia.org/groups/aia/documents/document/aias076859.pdf necessity for materials transparency and the steps architects 4.8.2016 should be taking to ensure change, promote openness, and increase collaboration between themselves, their suppliers and their clients. As an introduction to the white paper, the MKWG compiled five guideposts about which every architect should be aware when it comes to materials transparency. They provide first steps to a deeper understanding of what goes into a building and how it impacts its inhabitants: h Information is key. Everyone involved in a building project— from initial design to occupancy—should have access to information on the potential health and environmental impacts relating to materials products. h Materials transparency presents opportunities for architects. These opportunities include competitive advantage, thought leadership, design innovation, and environmental and human health leadership. h New practices and procedures inherently present potential

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